1996–97 Macedonian Football Cup

The 1996–97 Macedonian Football Cup was the 5th season of Macedonia's football knockout competition. Sloga Jugomagnat were the defending champions, having won their first title. The 1996–97 champions were Sileks who won their second title.

1996–97 Macedonian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	North Macedonia
Dates	11 August 1996 – 28 May 1997^[1]
Teams	32
Defending champions	Sloga Jugomagnat
Final positions
Champions	Sileks (2nd title)
Runner-up	Sloga Jugomagnat
Tournament statistics
Matches played	69
Goals scored	210 (3.04 per match)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Competition calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First Round	11 August 1996	16	32 → 16	32
Group stage	4 September, 16 October, 6 November, 1 December 1996, 23 February & 19 March 1997	48	16 → 4	none
Semi-finals		4	4 → 2	none
Final	28 May 1997	1	2 → 1	none

Source:^[1]

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 August 1996
Balkan	6–1	Ljuboten
Sloga Jugomagnat	3–1	Borec
Demir Hisar	1–3	Tikvesh
Turnovo	1–1 (5–6 p)	Makedonija G.P.
Sasa	1–0	Vardar Negotino
Novaci	1–3	Shkëndija
Bashkimi	4–3	Cementarnica
Vardar Prdejci	0–2	Vardar
Dutlok 79	0–5	Bregalnica Shtip
Napredok	0–2	Pobeda
Skopje	0–0 (4–1 p)	Osogovo
Malesh	0–3	Sileks
Pitu Guli	1–4	Ohrid
Teteks	0–2	Pelister
Belasica	3–2	Rabotnichki
Debrca	0–1	Rudar Probishtip

Group stage

The winners of the groups were advanced to the semifinals.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SIL	BAL	SKO	BEL
1	Sileks	6	4	1	1	20	8	+12	13	Semi-finals		—	1–2	5–2	5–0
2	Balkan	6	3	2	1	15	6	+9	11			3–3	—	1–2	5–0
3	Skopje	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10			0–1	0–0	—	5–2
4	Belasica	6	0	0	6	3	26	−23	0			1–5	0–4	0–2	—

Source: rsssf.org

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SLO	PEL	SKË	RUD
1	Sloga Jugomagnat	6	5	1	0	15	2	+13	16	Semi-finals		—	2–0	1–0	8–0
2	Pelister	6	3	2	1	13	4	+9	11			0–0	—	4–0	6–1
3	Shkëndija	6	0	3	3	4	10	−6	3			1–2	1–1	—	1–1
4	Rudar Probishtip	6	0	2	4	4	20	−16	2			1–2	0–2	1–1	—

Source: rsssf.org

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POB	SAS	OHR	BAS
1	Pobeda	6	6	0	0	17	2	+15	18	Semi-finals		—	2–1	4–0	2–0
2	Sasa	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10			0–2	—	3–1	1–0
3	Ohrid	6	1	1	4	8	17	−9	4			1–4	2–3	—	4–3
4	Bashkimi	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2			0–3	0–0	0–0	—

Source: rsssf.org

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAK	VAR	BRE	TIK
1	Makedonija G.P.	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5	14	Semi-finals		—	0–0	2–1	3–1
2	Vardar	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7			0–0	—	1–1	2–0
3	Bregalnica Shtip	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5			0–1	3–1	—	1–1
4	Tikvesh	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5			0–1	2–2	3–1	—

Source: rsssf.org

Source:^[1][2][3]

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sileks	1–0	Pobeda	1–0	0–0
Makedonija G.P.	1–1 (p)	Sloga Jugomagnat	1–0	0–1

Source:^[3]

Final

28 May 1997

Sileks	4–1	Sloga Jugomagnat
Goshev   23' Nachevski   26' Gjokić   52', 84'		Tuna   58' (pen.)

Gradski stadion, Kavadarci

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Vancho Kocev (Shtip)

See also

• 1996–97 Macedonian First Football League
• 1996–97 Macedonian Second Football League

References

1. "Vardar's results from 1992 to 1997". Google Groups. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
2. "Republic of Macedonia 1996/97". RSSSF.no. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
3. (in Danish). Foot.dk. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

External links

• 1996–97 Macedonian Football Cup at rsssf.org